Best PlacesNorth Miami, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around North Miami, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
North Miami ranks 1,958th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in North Miami
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
North Miami's strengths and weaknesses
Where North Miami ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 96% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of cities
- TransitBetter than 95% of cities
- BikingBetter than 87% of cities
Where North Miami ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 2% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in North Miami
A household needs to earn about $122,000 a year to comfortably buy the median North Miami home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $62,782, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses North Miami's effective rate of 0.73%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in North Miami
North Miami's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for North Miami.
Who works in North Miami, and how
Work in North Miami centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in North Miami
North Miami has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of cities and more parkland per resident than 96% of cities. The coast is about 8 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of North Miami and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in North Miami, month by month
North Miami sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 79, with lows near 59. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 79° | 68° | 59° |
| April | 87° | 77° | 69° |
| July | 92° | 84° | 77° |
| October | 88° | 80° | 73° |
Flying in and out of North Miami
Miami International sits about 10 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 26.2 million passengers in 2025, with 233 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around North Miami
Schools across North Miami average a B−, better than 50% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Ruth K. Broad Bay Harbor K-8 CenterA · 71% proficient
- Ojus Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- David Lawrence Jr. K-8 CenterB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Miami Beach Nautilus Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- John F. Kennedy Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- Highland Oaks Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Mast@fiuA+ · 83% proficient
- Alonzo & Tracy Mourning Senior High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- North Miami Senior High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every North Miami school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
North Miami measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare North Miami against the other 2,097 cities.
Who North Miami suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 11% already work from home.
Common questions about living in North Miami
Is North Miami a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, North Miami ranks 1,958th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state infrastructure, walkability, and low taxes, and lowest on car insurance costs and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is North Miami expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $470,688. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $62,782 median income, cost of living beats 2% of cities.
Is North Miami safe?
North Miami is safer than 4% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $385 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in North Miami?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 79 with lows near 59. That works out to about 100 pleasant days a year, more than 60% of cities.
Is North Miami good for families?
Schools beat 50% of cities, crime safety beats 4%, and childcare runs $844 a month.
Compare North Miami with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to North Miami. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in North Miami represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
North Miami detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for North Miami: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in North Miami: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of North Miami: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in North Miami: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
North Miami detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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